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Jethro Tull – Live In Chicago 1970 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend

– Jethro Tull – live in Chicago – August 16, 1970 – WXRT-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ironically, this concert happened 45 years ago, almost to the day. Jethro Tull were in the midst of a musical shift;…

Hollywood Commies – Hollywood Gossip – 1951 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

– Let’s Go, Hollywood! with George Fisher – September 12, 1951 – KNX-AM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Politics and Popular Culture – not a new phenomenon. During the Postwar/Cold War period, the Red Scare sweeping over America was…

The Boomtown Rats – Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1982 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

– The Boomtown Rats – Live At Hammersmith Odeon – 1982 – BBC 6 Music – If the Boomtown Rats did nothing else in their careers, being the purveyors of the 80s anthem I Don’t Like Mondays would assure them…

August 14, 1935 – Social Security – FDR Signs A Landmark Bill Into Law

Social Security - This day in 1935

– FDR – address on signing the Social Security Act – August 14, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest we all forget 80 years today, on August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act…

The Atomic Bomb – Now What? – August 12, 1945

– Chicago University Roundtable: Atomic Force: It’s Meaning for Mankind – August 12, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the world waited for the official end of World War 2, and as the effects of the Atomic bombings…

Gustavo Dudamel With Leif Ove Andsnes And the Gothenburg Symphony Play Music Of Benzecry, Rachmaninov, Chopin And Sibelius – 2011 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

– Gothenburg Symphony – Gustavo Dudamel, Cond. – Leif Ove Andsnes, piano – January 13, 2011 – Part 1 – – Gothenburg Symphony – Gustavo Dudamel, Cond. – Leif Ove Andsnes, piano – January 13, 2011 – Part 2 –…

On Tenterhooks And Turns Of Phrase – August 11, 1945

– Special Report by Morgan Beatty, State Department – August 11, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More suspense, this August 11th in 1945. Following a day of premature celebration came a day of waiting. Diplomatic cables passing back…